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Power & Influence

Nature, characteristics, effects and relationships of leadership qualities


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Leadership

  • Definition
  • Social influence process
  • Leaders seek voluntary participation of subordinates
  • For organisational goals
    • Leading
  • Visionary: long-term, for all, together
  • Inspirational
  • Original, creative
  • Assertive & co-operative
  • Innovative
  • Effective
    • Managing
  • Constrained leadership
  • Maintain, quota
  • Control, command
  • Efficiency
  • Leadership theories

    • Trait theory
  • Id. personal traits differentiating leaders
  • Characteristics of leaders
    • Behavioural theory
  • Leadership styles: patterns of leadership behaviour
    • Blake & Mouton's Managerial Grid
  • Axes: Concern for people; Concern for production
  • Impoverished management: low, low
  • Country club management: high, low
  • Authority compliance: low, high
  • Team management: high, high
    • Contingency theory
  • Situational leadership theory
  • Leadership effectiveness depends on the situation
    • Hersey & Blanchard's Situational Leadership Theory
  • Axes: task behaviour ( defining roles); relationship behaviour ( 2-way communications)
  • Telling: specifics, high, low
  • Delegating: general, low, low
  • Participating: share ideas, low, high
  • Selling: explain specifics, high, high
    • Contemporary (current) theories
  • 2 types:
  • Transactional: rewards interpersonal
  • Transformational / charismatic: transforms employees' work values
  • Power & politics

    • Reasons
  • Uncertainties
  • Unclear obj.
  • Vague performance measures
  • Ill-defined decisioning
  • Str. Competition
  • Changes
    • Types of power
  • Socialised power: help others
  • Personalised power: self-helping
    • Bases of power
  • Reward: rewarding for effort
  • Coercive: threatening
  • Legitimate: tactical
  • Expert: knowledge
  • Referent: role model
    • Tactics
  • Individual influences
  • Use of info.
  • Timing
  • Structural changes
  • Consultation
  • Rational persuasion
  • Coalition
  • Pressure
  • Upwards appeals
  • Exchange tactics: help each other (animal nature)
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